Timeline of Biblical History
| Very Approx. Time | Biblical Events & People [Concurrent events] |
Books of the Bible | |
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| before 4004bc | Creation, Adam and Eve, Fall of Man, Flood, Noah, Tower of Babel | Genesis 1-11 | |
| 2166bc | Abraham & Sarah, Isaac & Rebekah, Jacob(Israel), 12
tribes of Israel [1st pyramids built, 2600bc, Stonehenge 2000bc] |
Genesis 12-45, Job | |
| 1876, 1707bc | Move to Egypt, 70 people, Joseph ruling under Pharaoh | Genesis 45-50 | |
| 1450bc | Moses, 10 plagues, Passover, 1491bc, leave Egypt, 600,000 men, Law given in desert, tabernacles, sacrifices, wander 40yrs, manna | Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy |
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| 1410bc | Conquest of Canaan, Jericho falls, Joshua, Samson, Gideon,
Deborah, Judges [King Tut of Egypt] |
Joshua, Judges, Ruth | |
| 1050bc | United Kingdom, Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon | 1 & 2Samuel 1 & 2Kings 1 & 2Chronicles |
Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiates, SongOfSolomon |
| 931bc | Divided Kingdom Rehoboam/Jeroboam, Ahab, Jezebel, Elijah,
Isaiah, Amos [Rome Founded 753bc,Homer writes Iliad and Odyssey 800?] |
Joel, Amos, Hosea, Jonah, Nahum |
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| 722bc | Fall of the Northern Tribes (Israel) to Assyria. They are taken from Israel and never return in masse. Jerusalem withstands the attack. | 2 Chronicles | Zephaniah, Micah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk |
| 604bc | Judah (South) subdued, but not destroyed by Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar), Daniel, et al, taken captive. | Daniel | |
| 587bc (607?) | Jerusalem destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar for rebellion. General Captivity of Jews. Only poor, unskilled left behind. | Lamentations, Ezekiel, Obadiah | |
| 539bc | Babylon overthrown by Medes & Persians(Cyrus the Great), handwriting on the wall. | ||
| 536, 457bc |
Decree to rebuild Jerusalem by Cyrus, some leave Babylon and
go back, Jews live under Persian rule, 2nd Temple rebuilt
515bc [Confucius(551-479bc)Buda (561bc)] |
Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Esther, Malachi | |
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| 333bc | Alexander the Great defeats Persia and conquers
most the the known world [Socrates, Plato, Aristotle ] |
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| 323bc | Ptolemies take over Palestine and Egypt, Alex's
empire divided into four parts [Hannibal(247-182bc)] |
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| 199bc | Selecids (Syria) take Palestine away from Ptolemies. Antichus Epiphenes Hellenistic vicious attempt to destroy Jewish religion | ||
| 167bc | Maccabean Revolt, Independent Jewish state | ||
| 131bc | Brutal struggle for power between Saducees and Pharisees | ||
| 63bc | Pompey, Romans take over Israel | ||
| 51bc | Cleopatra & Ptolemy XII inherit Egypt | ||
| 27bc | Caesar Augustus, Roman Emperor | ||
| 5-3bc | Jesus born | ||
| 30ad | Jesus Crucified | ||
| 70ad | Jerusalem, after 6 month siege razed by Titus 1.5 million Jews die | ||
| 132-135ad | In Israel, Simon bar Kokhba leads a rebellion against the Romans. He is hailed as the Messiah and gives Israel two and a half years of independence from the Romans. Emperor Hadrian sends General Julius Severus to crush the uprising. 580,000 Jews die directly from the war. | ||
| 312-325ad | Emperor Constantine, Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Edict of Milan, tolerance of Christians, Council of Nicaea | ||
| 410ad | Rome sacked by Aleric | ||
| 570ad | Mohammed born. 634 Syria falls, followed by Jerusalem, Egypt, Persia, & N. Africa | ||
| 732ad | Battle of Tours, Charles Martel | ||
| 800 | Charlemagne is crowned Western Roman Emperor | ||
| 1000s | The Crusades | ||
| 1453ad | Fall of Constantinople to Mahemet II | ||
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